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Historical Items

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Item 22718

Great Freshet, Topsham, 1896

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1896-03-02 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print

Item 22760

Great Freshet, Brunswick, 1896

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1896-03-02 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 22719

Great Freshet, Androscoggin River, 1896

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1896-03-02 Location: Brunswick; Topsham Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"A freshet is described as a flash flood or flood resulting from a spring thaw. These freshets battered crops, homes and mills."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… there “occurred the first of a series of great freshets, which from time to time have overflowed the valley of the river, entailing more or less…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"This bridge was swept away during the freshet of 1869. In a place considered a more accessible location a covered bridge was built and named Porter…"